Google’s gradual replacement of Google Assistant on smart home devices has reached an important milestone, with the company extending Gemini for Home access to 16 new countries and adding support for seven more languages in the latest expansion of its Early Access program.
The rollout, detailed in a Google post this week, brings Gemini for Home to Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, following its initial debut in the U.S. late last year and subsequent expansion to Canada and Mexico.
Language and opt-in access
The seven new languages supported include Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish, in addition to the already available English, Japanese, and Spanish, significantly expanding the platform’s reach across European and Asia-Pacific markets.
Despite the scale of the expansion, Gemini for Home remains an early access program. This means users with compatible smart speakers and displays will have to manually opt-in through the Google Home app instead of receiving updates automatically.
Alongside the geographic rollout, Google is releasing significant updates to the underlying Assistant experience from February to March 2026, including a changelog focused on response speed, context awareness, and more natural conversational interactions.
Among the improvements, Google also reports that it has reduced the latency of smart home commands for common commands by up to 40%. Additionally, context-aware device identification can now better differentiate between similar terms such as “lamp” and “light” within the same residential setting.
Plus, it includes additional features like granular appliance controls like specific humidity settings and smart oven preheating, support for family accounts for kids on supervised Google Accounts, and live camera search for Google Home Premium subscribers. This allows Gemini to use Nest Cam footage to answer questions in real time.
The expansion marks a notable step in Google’s ongoing transition away from the Google Assistant, which is facing a period of tumultuous rollback as it works toward the full rollout of Gemini for Home.
